#B8BCD4#B8BCD4

#B8BCD4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.034 H 278.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8BCD4
RGB	rgb(184, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(231, 25%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(231, 13%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, 3.39, -12.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 12.95, 285.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% 0.0048 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.034 278.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.6314, 50.9097, 69.4863)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8BCD4 #D4D0B8

analogous

#B8CAD4 #B8BCD4 #C2B8D4

triadic

#B8BCD4 #D4B8BC #BCD4B8

tetradic

#B8BCD4 #D4B8CA #D4D0B8 #B8D4C2

square

#B8BCD4 #D4B8CA #D4D0B8 #B8D4C2

split-complementary

#B8BCD4 #D4C2B8 #CAD4B8

monochromatic

#6C74A6 #9298BD #B8BCD4 #DEE0EB #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B8BCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#B8BCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8BCD4

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8BCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8BCD4	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BED5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BCD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8bcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.034 278.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd0e1',
    500: '#b8bcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8bcd4;
$custom-light: #cdd0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8bcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 24.561,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7997,
    "c": 0.03408,
    "h": 278.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8BCD4

secondary

#AAA586

accent

#9542A3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8BCD4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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